Development of new thermo-mechanical pulp thermoformed packaging products

该项目在innofiber和Resolute Forest Products inc. （RFP）之间建立了新的合作伙伴关系，目的是使用innofiber的试验纸浆热成型机开发由热机械纸浆（TMP）制成的新型食品包装。为实现该项目的目标，将进行的工作包括实验室/中试纸浆热成型试验和试验样品测试。RFP之所以发起这个项目，是因为市场对生物降解食品包装的需求增加，取代了一次性塑料包装，这带来了商机。作为全球纸浆制造商，该项目符合其战略计划。这个项目将对培训三河学院学生产生积极影响。这将增加他们在纸浆热成型和产品开发领域的专业知识。因此，这些学生将成为寻求多样化活动和产品范围的公司的潜在人力资源。加拿大林产品工业一直发挥着重要的经济作用，但全球市场的演变削弱了其竞争力，导致新闻厂关闭，财务业绩不佳和大量失业。当行业寻求新的商业实践并从事新的工业途径时，它需要重新思考，重组和现代化。拟议的活动将在竞争激烈的环境中创造新的增值产品市场，并将有助于恢复对纸浆制造（如TMP）产生的产品的不断下降的需求。

This project establishes a new partnership between Innofibre and Resolute Forest Products inc. (RFP) for the purpose of developing new food packaging made from Thermo-Mechanical Pulps (TMP) using Innofibre's pilot pulp thermoforming machine.The work that will be carried-out to meet the project's objectives is composed of laboratory/pilot pulp thermoforming trials and trial samples testing.RFP initiated this project given the business opportunity related to the increased market demand of biodegradable food packaging to replace single-use plastic packaging. As a global pulp manufacturer, this project aligns with its strategic plan.This project will have a positive impact on the training of Cégep de Trois-Rivières students. It will increase their expertise in the field of pulp thermoforming and products development. Thus, these students will be a potential human resource for companies seeking to diversify their activities and their range of products. Canadian forest products industry has always played a major economic role, but the evolution of the global market has weakened its competitiveness and led to newsprint plant closures, poor financial results and numerous job losses. When the industry is looking for new business practices and engages in new industrial avenues, it requires rethinking, reorganization and modernization. The proposed activities will create new, value-added products markets in an extremely competitive landscape, and will help restore declining demand for products arising from pulp manufacturing such as TMP.